Reddit reviews CORTAS Rose Flower Water, 10 OZ

I come from a Lebanese family and I absolutely love our rose flavored desserts! I've loved them so much that I try to incorporate it into some of my favorite American foods. I like making this simple syrup: http://foodtasia.com/atar-rose-water-syrup-qater/ You can drizzle it on pancakes, baklava, and use it as a finish for many desserts (you could easily use it as a glaze on top of your tart). This recipe might help you: https://www.afairerhouse.com/kitchen/2017/10/20/apple-rosewater-tart Just for fun, this is my favorite cake ever using rose water, I just made it this weekend: https://www.teaforturmeric.com/2016/12/lebanese-banana-cake-yogurt-rose-water/ We also have these fantastic sweets called malban that usually incorporate rose water into them, I found this description online: http://www.tasteofbeirut.com/lebanese-candies-malban/ You'll often see the pistachio-rose combination being used often in our culture. Out of the three you mention, we usually only use the rose water for baking purposes. As for rose syrup, we use that in a drink! We pour a couple tablespoons of rose syrup with some cold water and ice and drink that to cool off on a summer day. Hope this helps! An apple rose tart sounds delicious and would definitely be a great combo!

EDIT: I should also mention, my favorite rose water brand to use is Cortas! https://www.amazon.com/Cortas-Rose-Water-1-Count/dp/B00V8TRZG4

You can get it through Amazon (the one I have is Cortas); just make sure you get one for cooking purposes, not beauty!

To be safe, buying a new bottle regularly seems like the best course of action. Fortunately the cooking rose water is very, very cheap ($5-8 for 10oz): https://www.amazon.com/Cortas-Rose-Water-Product-Lebanon/dp/B00V8TRZG4/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1474137424&sr=8-1&keywords=cortas+rose+water

I mostly wing it, lol. The rose waterrose water is food grade, and I like adding about 1/3 volume distilled water or it seems a little overwhelming- not stinging, just the scent and flavor. The vegetable glycerin is also food grade, I basically mix up the rose water/distilled water and add small dollops of glycerin which I shake and test until I like the feel.

All ingredients are inexpensive enough that I don’t worry about wasting it. The key difference between my homemade version vs the one I see commercially is that there are no essential oils added, it tends to irritate my EXTREMELY sensitive skin.

In addition, I find it to be less drying than HA if left alone on my skin. With HA, I must immediately add an occlusive (squalane for me, it’s the only thing that doesn’t trigger milia on my fussy face). I also like using my homemade mist as a body spray, sometimes alone, sometimes with squalane or argan oil over it.

Caveat - I do not wear any makeup, so not sure how well it would play with foundation etc. I do use sunscreen, either Anessa Mild Milk or Canmake Mermaid UV and both work fine, no weird pilling etc.

ETA- fwiw, I am 53f